Horseshoe crabs are commonly referred to as 'living fossils.' They have existed for more than 200 million years, even ...

New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure ...

Imagine a world where furry mammals scuttle under the feet of gigantic dinosaurs, not yet destined to rule the Earth. It’s a mind-bending thought: the creatures we call mammals, including humans, have ...

The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...

A new diorama showing a slice of prehistoric time is on display in the Museum of Geosciences on the Virginia Tech campus.

The remains of Juracanthocephalus were discovered in the Daohugou Lagerstaette, a fossil deposit in Inner Mongolia in ...

Analysis of single bone may tell us if the platypus is an evolutionary anomaly — starting on land, then returning to water.

“So, this is our first time and Levi is 2 and he had a lot of fun, he got 10 Easter eggs. And then we went and played with the dinosaurs, and we got to dig some fossils and that was really cool ...

The latest research suggests that echidnas and platypuses originate from an aquatic ancestor, rather than a terrestrial one, ...

In addition to creating beauty, this process also serves to preserve the eggs in an extraordinary way. A fossilized dinosaur egg on a farm. Image by Marietjie via Depositphotos. Incredibly, these eggs ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Australia’s burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an “extremely rare” biological event, scientists said ...